Frontline piece on both candidate Romney and President Obama
 

PBS Frontline episode on the history of both candidates. Pretty comprehensive and exhaustive study of the two of them. It has actually cleared up some misconceptions in regards to both of them.

Make no mistake I absolutely believe that President Obama is the right man for the job, hands down. No question in my mind.

Has anyone else sat through this episode? It was a fair and penetrating look see into what makes them both tick, IMO. I didn't see any partisan skewing left or right, personally. So, what did you think of it?

On my DVR waiting for the right time to view.



Barney

Missed, it, dang it.

Pete

You can watch it online here.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/

Thanks! I still haven't figured out how to hook my computer to my tv through the modem but I'll have some time here shortly, I'll sit at my desk and watch it soon!

Pete

I've never done it but I think it's as simple as running an S-video cable from the computer to the back of the set. That'll give you picture. For sound you'll need a Y-cable (stereo mini to RCA) from the headphone or line out jack to the audio in on the TV.

You might have to enable something in your display properties but it's probably plug & play. Turn off computer make connections and then restart computer.

John

Thanks again. I have a network choice on my BD player menu, and it's connected to the same modem as my computer, but when I choose it it comes back not found. My computer is 35+ feet away from the tv, but I've been planning on getting cabling that long anyway for off and on use, to burn LPs :) I'm a LOT more comfortable with analog technology than digital lol.

Pete

Got a laptop? You could just sit it next to the TV. If you have wireless capability on the router you could just use that or, if not, get a really long ethernet cable.

John

I've got my wireless modem next to my tv, with the BD player hard wired to it, and my computer running wirelessly. I can stream Netflix etc with no problem so I know it works. I know I should be able to get them to communicate but all I succeed in doing is driving myself crazy.

Pete

Are you watching Netflix on the computer or are you connected to the TV?

John

Sorry if I don't explain clearly, I'm technologically declined. Signal to TV from the net goes Modem -> BD player -> TV.

The computer uses the same modem so I should have a path between the BD player and the computer already. I just don't know how to make it work.

Pete

Okay, I would just ignore all of that. Use the wireless signal from your router to your laptop so you can stream something like Frontline on the laptop. Then move the video signal to the TV via an S-video cable. You can either use the laptop for audio or run a Y-cable from the laptop to the TV.

The question then becomes what channel the signal will use. I don't know but your TV probably has at least two AV channels so it'll probably be the one that the Blue Ray player isn't using.

Just thought of something. If the Blue Ray player has an S-video input, and I'll bet it does, as well as some unused audio inputs, you can connect the laptop there. That should give you a signal from the laptop to the Blue Ray to the TV and show up on the same AV channel that you normally watch. You might have to disconnect the cable from the modem to the Blue Ray. It could conflict with the laptop.

John

Wow I looked up my BD player and it's got almost nothing! Wireless LAN connector, wired LAN connector, Audio RCAs out, Video RCA out, HDMI out, and Optical audio out - that's it!

I KNOW my TV has a big bunch of inputs but can't remember the model number, it's been a couple three years. I'll take a look when I get home. Thanks again John. I've been wanting to do this for a while.

Pete

If you watched more PBS you would be less declined, Pete.;)

It tells me what I Need To Know :p

Pete

Be more?:rolleyes:

Just funnin' with ya. You know I luv ya...:)

;)

I've always wanted to wade around writing notes about fish :D

Pete

I need more coffee.:confused::D

I'll watch it later.

Thanks,
Bob.

Dave

Ag sorry Bob. One of those 'Be More' blurbs.

Pete

Make a donation?;)

I saw it last night. I thought it was done well.

The stuff on Mitt was done well and even showed a bit into his life as a Bishop in the Mormon church. A job after work for sure. Mormon Bishops are not paid.

The Obama stuff was interesting. I think many either never heard or forgot about his message of trying to work together in the Govt to be bipartisan and that we are all in this together. The United States of America!

The wife and I just finished it tonight. I also thought it was done very nicely, trying to show warts and all of them both. Two totally different childhoods and early adulthood life's. Along with a drastically different early career path to say the least.



Barney

That's how I saw it. Multiple Mitt just isn't presidential material, IMO. His work as a Mormon bishop was characterized as hide bound and an iron rod approach to "helping":rolleyes: other Mormons facing challenges in their lives..

"FISH? Where.......is the fish? I don't KNOOOOOOOWWWWWW where the fish........is. Fish, fishy fish."

You got me Dave. What's that from?

Pete

Monty Python's Flying Circus "Confuse-a-Cat" sketch?

John

Nope!

But I was pretty sure it was the Pythons.